Beware! There are as many as 6,000 parasites! Don't touch this thing if you see it

These past few days

A Shenzhen resident discovered

Many

Pink "flower"

Take a closer look

These flowers

It is composed of densely packed small balls.

Looks like pink mulberries

But these are not "flowers"

But it's the eggs of the golden apple snail!

This time of year

This dense group of pink little things

Appeared! Again! Quietly!

According to park staff, golden apple snails usually grow in shallow waters with good water quality or on the stems of aquatic plants. "April to June is a very suitable season for the growth and reproduction of golden apple snails. Every night, golden apple snails come to the shore to lay eggs."

It is understood

The size of the golden apple snail is much larger than the field snail.

It is several times more than the snail

The tail has a short tip, making it appear rounder.

The shell is also relatively thin

Why do people become so afraid of snails?

I have to say this here

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Many golden apple snails

There are parasites such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis

If it is not fully cooked during cooking

After eating, parasites can easily enter the human body

May damage nerve tissue

Severe cases can lead to dementia or even death

In addition, the reproductive capacity of golden apple snails is very strong.

Can lay eggs 20-40 times a year

Annual egg production: 30,000 to 50,000 eggs

It can spread quickly and it has a varied diet.

Once it breaks out

It will damage the surrounding ecosystem

In this regard, the park

Said that staff will be arranged to patrol and clean regularly

"We are asking tourists and citizens not to catch

Don't take it home to eat.

Or feed some animals."

At the same time, plant pesticides are used for prevention and control

Chen Qiaoling, director of the Lotus R&D Department of Honghu Park: The general cleaning method is to take the snail eggs away directly, or in some places let them fall directly into the water. Another method is to use tea bran, a harmless plant pesticide, to control the golden apple snails. Because Honghu Park is a wetland park, our animal and plant resources are very rich. Many birds and fish catch golden apple snails as food, and basically a balance has been reached.

According to statistics

A golden apple snail contains parasites

There are as few as 3,000

As many as 6,000

(Photo source: People's Daily Weibo)

Friends who love to eat snail meat must pay attention

Don't eat it by mistake!

In fact, both the Golden Apple Snail and the Field Snail may be infected with Guangzhou Roundworm and other parasites. Therefore, whether you eat the Golden Apple Snail or the Field Snail, you must cook it thoroughly and never eat it raw or half-cooked, especially cold-mixed snail meat or grilled snails.

If you have been by the river recently

Don't be afraid to see these densely packed pink eggs

Parents

Also remind your children not to play by the river alone.

Don't fiddle with it out of curiosity.

This pink snail egg

Source: Guangdong Public DV Scene